Improvement in combined camp-stools and canes



F. A. BYBAM. Combined Camp-Stool and Cane. N0, l 5Q,898 PatentedFeb.I6,18-75.

THE GRAPHIC C0.PHOTO-LITH.39B:4I PARK PLAGE,N. Y.

STATES rrroe.

PATENT IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED CAMP-STOOLS AND CANES.

Spc cificaiion forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 59.898, datedFebruary 16, 1875; application filed December 19, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. BYRAM, of Philadelphia,in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new anduseful Improved Combined Folding Camp-Stool and (Jane; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 isa perspective, showing the cam pstool; Fig. 2, a side elevation, showingthe cane Fig. 3, a horizontal section through the center of cane.

The object of my invention is to make a campstool the legs of which whenfolded will form a cane or walking-stick.

In the accompanying drawing,A B B represent the legs, the former beingextended, as shown at A, forming a back to the stool and a lowerextension of the cane, when used as such. The legs B B in cross-sectionhave a convex side, b, and a flat side, 11 while the leg Ais wedge-shaped in cross-section, having two straight sides, a a, and arounded edge or third side, (0. The legs B B are pivoted on the leg A bymeans of pins or bolts 0, and when the said three legs are folded foruse as a cane they form a cylinder, as shown in Fig. 2. The leg Aisrecessed, as shown at a for the reception of the beveled ends 12 b ofthe legs and buttons or headed pins I) b The seat is composed of twoleather or other flexible straps, D D, and a stiff piece, E, of wood orother equivalent material, which will serve to keep the legs B Bdistended, as shown in Fig. 1. Said piece E has openings e e for thepassage of the pins 11 b and the straps D D have similar openings cl forthe passage of the slender end A of the leg or back A.

When not in use as a chair-seat, the parts D D and E are withdrawn, andthe former wrapped around the latter.

The whole seat may thus be conveniently carried in the pocket, while thelegs, folded together as shown in Fig. 2, may be used as a cane orwalking-stick.

When used as a chair it will be found that the stiff front E, serving tokeep the legs B B at a fixed distance apart, will render the device verysecure and comfortable.

What I claim as my invention isl. A combined camp-stool and cane,composed of the three legs A B B, pivoted together at O O, the legAhaving the extension A, and being wedge-shaped in cross-section, so asto lie between and separate the legs B B when all three are folded toform a cane, as shown and described.

2. The removable folding seat, composed of the flexible parts D D andstilt piece E, substantially as shown and set forth.

3. The combination of the folding legs A B B, and the seat composed ofthe stiff front E and flexible side pieces, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this5th day of December, 1874.

FRANK A. BYEAM.

Witnesses:

b. J. VAN HAMEN, J. B. OONNOLLY.

